Here’s what each chart column means:

Draft WAR
Total positive MLB career WAR produced by that team’s signed draft picks. Negative WAR does not subtract from the total.

Value+
WAR above expected draft-slot value.
Example: if a pick slot usually produces 1.0 WAR and the player produced 10.0 WAR, that is +9.0 Value+.

WAR/Top10
Average positive WAR per pick from rounds 1-10.
This measures how efficiently a team used its higher-value draft picks.

10-WAR Hits
Number of drafted players who reached at least 10 career WAR.
This is the “star / real MLB regular” count.

5-WAR%
Percentage of scored draft picks who reached at least 5 career WAR.
This is a hit-rate metric.

Debut%
Percentage of scored draft picks who reached MLB at all.
This measures how often the organization drafted players who made the majors.

Important: the scoring uses 1996-2021 draft outcomes because 2022-2025 picks are too recent to grade fairly. Top10 means rounds 1-10, not top 10 overall picks.

Another day with a 2-home run performance as the fireworks come to an end, as Parks Harber picked up two home runs for himself in a big game for Double-A Richmond.  Meanwhile, “Tugboat” Matt Wilkinson makes his return to Triple-A, though it wasn’t a great one, while a Top 30 prospect pitcher makes a move to the bullpen for the first time…and it’s unsure whether it’s permanent.  And the organization make a surprise release of a 2025 draftee…and I have no answers.

AAA: El Paso Chihuahuas 11, Sacramento River Cats 2

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Player of the Game: RF Will Brennan: 1-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 HR (1)

Well, let’s stick with Will Brennan today to end out this series, hitting the team’s only home run on Sunday.  Since the start of July, Brennan has gone 10-for-21 (.476) with three doubles and a home run.  His overall slash line is .366/.406/.488, with eight walks to 15 strikeouts in 42 games.

Other Players to Spotlight:

• CF Turner Hill: 2-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 2B (11) - Hill now has a total of 13 doubles on the season in 70 games.  In 87 games in 2025, he had 16, and had 19 doubles in 109 games in 2024.
• LF Scott Bandura: 1-4, 1 K, 1 2B (8) - Overall, Bandura has 17 doubles in 77 games between Double-A and Triple-A.
• SP Matt Wilkinson: 3.2 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 1 HR, 1 HBP - Wilkinson returned to Triple-A for the first time since June 17th, and struggled in this first game back.
• RP Joe Whitman (23): 1.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K - For the first time this season, and the first time since his rookie season in 2023, Whitman was brought in in relief.  It will be worth noting whether Whitman stays in relief, perhaps being eyed as big league bullpen help sometime this season.

Top Prospect Lines:

• C Jesus Rodriguez (16): 0-5, 2 K, 2-2 ABS
• Blade Tidwell (9): DNP
• Carson Whisenhunt (11): DNP
• Trent Harris (20): DNP

Rehabbing Player Lines:

• RP Jason Foley: 0.0 IP, 2 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 0 K - Earlier Sunday, the Giants said Jason Foley and Keaton Winn could be back early this week, but today Foley couldn’t get an out, in his 17th rehab game.  Overall in his rehab, he has an 8.04 ERA.

Other Notable Lines:

• RP Carson Seymour: 2.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1 HR, 2 WP
• 1B Dayson Croes: 2-4
• Player Name: Stats

AA: Harrisburg Senators 6, Richmond Flying Squirrels 5

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Player of the Game: 3B Parks Harber (13): 2-4, 2 R, 3 RBI, 2 HR (11)

The July heatup for Parks Harber continued as he had his second 2-home run day of the season, getting him into double-digit home runs.  He has three home runs over the past two days, which is more home runs than he had in all of June (2).  This gives Harber 18 doubles, one triple, and 11 home runs in 60 games, for a slash line of .289/.380/.517.

Other Players to Spotlight:

• SS Maui Ahuna (18): 2-4, 1 R, 2 K, 1 3B (3) - After hitting just .135/.238/.216 in June, Ahuna’s overall batting line is .209/.296/.346.
• CF Bo Davidson (6): 1-3, 2 R, 1 BB, 1 SB (13) - Davidson now has 13 steals in 15 attempts.  Last season, he had a season-high 19 steals in 25 attempts in 114 games.
• C Ty Hanchey: 2-4, 1 RBI - In three games in July, Hanchey is now 4-for-12 (.333).

Top Prospect Lines:

• Yunior Marte (25): DNP

Other Notable Lines:

• SP Charlie McDaniel: 6.1 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1 HR, 1 WP
• 1B Sabin Ceballos: 1-4, 1 RBI
• Player Name: Stats

High-A: Vancouver Canadians 5, Eugene Emeralds 3

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Player of the Game: RF Jakob Christian: 1-4, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 K, 1 HR (6)

Jakob Christian had Eugene’s one biggest hit, notching his first home run since June 10th.  In four games he’s played so far in July, Christian is 5-for-15 (.333) with two doubles and a home run.  But overall, he’s slashing .250/.369/.459, with 13 doubles and six home runs.

Other Players to Spotlight:

• CF Dakota Jordan (5): 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B (2) - Jordan’s run continues, with five multi-hit games in his last seven.  He’s now hitting .285 with a .341 OBP and a .505 SLG.
• 3B Jose Ramos: 1-3, 1 R, 1 K - Ramos is now 2-for-6 in his first two games this season at High-A.

Top Prospect Lines:

• 2B Jhonny Level (3): 0-4, 1 K, 1 CS (3) 
• SS Gavin Kilen (4): 0-4, 1 K
• LF Carlos Gutierrez (14): 1-4, 2 K
• RP Gerelmi Maldonado (29): 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K
• Jacob Bresnahan (7): DNP
• Trevor Cohen (8): DNP
• Luis De La Torre (15): DNP
• Jancel Villarroel (22): DNP

Other Notable Lines:

• RP Cade Vernon: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K

Low-A: San Jose Giants 7, Rancho Cucamonga Quakes 2

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Player of the Game: RP Sam Bower: 4.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 6 K

Taking the piggyback start, Sam Bower had his second straight scoreless outing, allowing only the two baserunners by hits.  He has lowered his ERA from 5.67 to 4.62 over the two outings.  He has struck out 12 without walking anyone across those two outings.  Overall, he now has 52 strikeouts to 16 walks in 48.2 innings over 19 appearances, only four of which have been starts.

Other Players to Spotlight:

• 2B Isaiah Barkett: 3-5, 1 R, 1 K, 1 2B (20), 1 3B (2) - Barkett was just a home run short of a cycle, but he raised his batting line to .321/.397/.455.
• SS Lorenzo Meola (17): 2-4, 1 R, 3 RBI, 1 HR (8) - Meola has two of his home runs in his last four games.  His slugging percentage has risen from .380 at the end of June to .403.
• LF Oliver Tejada: 1-3, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 HR (1) - Tejada got just his second hit in 14 San Jose at-bats.  Overall this is his second home run in 28 games including the ACL.

Top Prospect Lines:

• DH Lisbel Diaz (30): 0-5, 3 K - We will see if Diaz returns to Eugene for Tuesday.
• Keyner Martinez (10): DNP

Rehabbing Player Lines:

• SP Keaton Winn: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K - Winn made his second rehab appearance, one inning of each.

Other Notable Lines:

• RF Jose Astudillo: 1-3, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 2B (9) - Astudillo’s hitting streak reached 18 games.
• 3B Dario Reynoso: 1-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 2 K, 1 2B (19)
• 1B Jeremiah Jenkins: 1-4, 1 2B (16)
• RP Evan Gray: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K

ACL & DSL: Scheduled Day Off

Top Prospects on Injured List:

Argenis Cayama (12) - 7-Day IL - Placed on IL on 6/5/26

Josh Bostick (21) - Full Season

Roster Note

An interesting note: the Giants released San Jose LHP Braydon Risley today.  The 21-year old Risley was the Giants 19th round pick out of Grayson Junior College in Texas.  Risley was having a fine season, with a 4.80 ERA with 64 strikeouts to 17 walks in 60.0 innings.  He was the California League Pitcher of the Month in May, and got an unusually large bonus for the 19th round, getting $100,000, when most players in that range get about $10,000 in a signing bonus.  There was no given reason for this release.  Risley has had a very difficult month-plus, posting a 10.00 ERA in June, and he last pitched on Friday, giving up three runs in 4.1 innings, his best start since May, in which he tied his season-high in strikeouts with seven.

This was from around late May of last season. Looking like a 1/4 at best?

Also the fact that Buster's evaluation of a player boils down to "He's a dude" explains a lot about the state of this team.

This is a Majestic Cooperstown Collection jersey I had it for years and worn it to many games. I have never seen a Giant with this uniform. I can't find any photo evidence of the Giants ever wearing this black sleeved cream. Mostly the black sleeves I'm wondering about. The letters are similar to their 2nd uniform change after they had moved to SF as well as 1994. But the sleeves? Hoping somebody might know. Could it be some NY Polo Grounds Giants jersey?

Multitime Gold Glove snub